MANILA, Philippines — Power interruptions hit over 3 million customers in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces due to Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae).In its
MANILA, Philippines — Power interruptions hit over 3 million customers in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces due to Severe Tropical Storm Paeng . reported that 3,279,416 customers experienced momentary and sustained power interruptions as of 6 p.m. on Saturday.
“We ask for our customers’ patience and understanding since we could not give a definite time on when service will be restored. For safety reasons, we have to wait until the strong winds and heavy rainfall subsides before restoration activities in some areas resume,” Meralco spokesperson Joe Zaldarriaga said.“Rest assured that we are closely monitoring the situation and our ground personnel and line crews are working round the clock to restore power the soonest possible time,” he added.
According to the Department of Energy, three units of the Bacman Geothermal Powerplant Inc. in Albay went offline while six diesel power plants were either on preventive or forced offline due to bad weather.
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